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by oakmad 1506 days ago
A lightning bolt carries a current upwards of 100,000 amps, and has upwards of 10 billion joules of energy.

How many gigawatts is that? I’ve a car I need to jump start.
3 comments
me_me_me 1506 days ago
Enough to travel back in time afaik
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gbraad 1506 days ago
Only at 88mph...
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ASalazarMX 1506 days ago
As we don't have long cables, guess we'll have to time it perfectly.
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MagnumOpus 1506 days ago
About 1,000 gigawatts peak power for a few microseconds, plenty to jump start your time machine.
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WithinReason 1506 days ago
About 1.21 jigawatts
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thraxil 1506 days ago
What the hell is a jigawatt!
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thorin 1506 days ago
I guess you aren't ready for it, but your kids are gonna love it.
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shmoe 1506 days ago
Hey man if you ever have kids and one of them, when he's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug -- go easy on him.
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